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"It Was A Strange Time in My Life"
omg hipsters are MEAN. to ME.
so i spent saturday night partying with jens lekman (the 15th sexiest man is sweden) and it sort of made my life. the night essentially entailed me,
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"How much better, how much better can my life get?"
OMGOMGOMG so two nights ago at the brooklyn mountain goats (my second one of the week) show John Darnielle put his hands on my head and literally seranded me and physically shook me during "houseguest! OMG miranda said it looks as if i experienced the rapture, like speaking in tongues and all, and yeah, she wasn't far off. i've been speechless ever ( Read more... ) -
"It's like I've got mollases on my tongue"
a part of me is worried i will get sicker. but an even bigger part of me doesn't really give a crap because yesterday was really fun and well-needed - even if the schizophrenic weather is fucking wiht my immune system ( Read more... ) -
"There is someone waiting out there with a mouthful of surprises"
in florida with the grandfolks. thanksgiving with them was nice. it was my first child-free thanksgiving, which made it awesome - normally all my little cousins are running around screaming and tugging my hair. so it was peaceful and yummy. best baked ziti and sweet potatoes ever. also after my grandpa said a nice short and sweet grace before ( Read more... ) -
"I'm out of my element. I can't breathe!"
a few things:
1. "he hit me (it felt like a kiss)" as covered by grizzly bear is THE creepiest song ever. their rendition is so transformative that it renders the 1960s girl group original by the crystals impotent. first you take creepy-as-fuck lyrics which attempt to justify domestic violence as apprpriate behavior when enacted on cheating lovers ( Read more... ) -
"I still never told you about unstoppable sorrow"
I am deeply honored to share a blog with a woman who will devote 5+ hours of her life to making a pumpkin resemble Sufjan Stevens. AND then succeeds in getting blog links to VK via Stereogum AND Brooklyn Vegan. June, you rule. and now you're internet famous! I guess I am mentioning this because A) it's fucking awesome and B) it only serves to ( Read more... ) -
"Where there's a will, there's a whalebone"
they FINALLY got the internet to work at hoff! so here i am working the front desk recovering from yesterday and preping for today.
yesterday was pretty fantabulous. went to the brooklyn vegan day party. hundreds of people were scrunched into the r-bar, it was cah-razy. caught 7 bands. also free drinks = bad idea at 3 in the afternoon. anyways ( Read more... ) -
"And the Chicago Cubs will beat every team in the league"
Anyone else find it awesomely amusing that ESPN's Tim Kurkjian is predicting CUBS IN FIVE?!
i wonder if he's aware of the song. hmmm.
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"i got you. you've got whatever's left of me to get."
"our conversations are like mine fields, no one's found a safe way through one yet."
i'm feeling so blah right now. for posterity's sake i think it's worth noting that i had a tremendous september. a truly spectacular month. filled with lots of good people. and i'm really thankful. but now things are blah.
some things not contributing to the ( Read more... )
